Attachment for bedsteads.



No. 755,264. PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

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ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 22, 1904.

ASA WILOHER, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

ATTACHMENT .FOR BEDSTEADS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,264, dated March 22, 190 4.

, Y Application filed March 9,1903. Serial No. 146,845. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ASA WILCHER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Everett, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bedsteads; and its object is to provide an attachment for bed steads equipped with conveniences for the use of the occupant of the bed and also for the use of the attendant or person in charge of the occupant. f

My device is particularly adapted to use in the care of invalids or children.

My attachment comprises a pair of side bars each provided at its ends with means for detachably engaging the ends of a bedstead and also one or more extensible cross-bars mounted on the sidebars, each equipped with appliances and conveniences of the character presently to be described. In the best form of my invention the side bars and cross-bars are made adjustable lengthwise, so that the attachment may be expanded or contracted to fit bedsteads of diflerent sizes. Preferably also -two cross-bars are employed, which are mountis set forth in detail, and the novel features 3 thereof are pointed out and defined in theclaims.

' In the accompanying drawings, illustrating an embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved attachment for bedsteads. Fig. 2 is a side view of the attachment shown-in Fig. 1. Fig. '8 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. lis a section on line 4 4: of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is alongitudinal sectional view of the cross-bar shown in Fig. 6.

Having reference to the drawings, A A represent the two side bars of my new attachment for bedsteads. Each side bar A at each end thereof is formed with a groove 64 upon its outer side, in which is mounted an adjustable hook at, held in position by a clamp a As shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, each hook at is adapted to engage one of the posts of a bed. Each side bar A is made with slots a in each of which ismounted a clamp a, by which a slotted leg a is fixed to the side bar with provision for vertical and sidewise adjustment thereof. By means of the legs a the side bars are supported at the proper height above the bed, while-thehooks a hold them in place on the bedstead.

B and G represent the cross-bars which carry the conveniences to be used by the oo- 7 cupant of the bed. The cross-bar B comprises three main parts 5, b, and I). The middle section I) is made with tongues 6 mounted in grooves 12 provided on the end sections 6. Each end section 6 upon its under side is made with a tongueb, which engages a groove a in one of the side bars A. Upon the inner sideof each side bar A is provided a tongue a, which is engaged by a jaw 6 provided on the end of a bolt 6 At its upper end each bolt 6 is threaded and carries a nut 6 by means of which the jaw b may be drawn up tightly against the tongue a, so as to clamp the cross-bar B in any desired position along y the under side of the section b and the latter lowered into the same plane with the rest of the section b, so that a perfectly flat table may also be provided when desired. Each groove a is enlarged, as at M, near one end of its bar A, so as to provide a gate through which the tongues 12* may be withdrawn when it is desired to remove the cross-bar B.

The cross-bar C, like the cross-bar B, is made in three main sections, comprising two end sections 0 and a middle section 0. The middle section 0 fits into grooves 0 provided upon the end sections 0. Each end section 0 upon its under side is provided witha tongue 0, which engages a groove a provided upon the top edge of one of the side bars A. Upon the inner side of each side bar A is provided a tongue (4, which is engaged by a jaw 0", provided upon the lower end of a bolt 0. The upper end of the bolt 0 is threaded and has mounted on it a nut 0 by means of which the jaw 0 may be clamped firmly against the tongue a, so asto fix the end section 0 to the side bar A. The grooves a are each open at one end, so that the tongues 0 maybe removed from the grooves a when it is desired to remove the cross-bar C either at the end of said groove or through a gate a. Pivoted at 0 is a back-rest 0, to the upper end of which is pivotally connected a frame 0 The lower free end of the frame 0 is adapted to engage with racks 0, provided upon the upper face of the middle section 0, and by engagement with said racks to support the back-rest in any desired angular position.

The end sections of each cross-bar B and C are made with slots (Z, which engage pins 6, projecting from the middle section of said cross-bars. These pins and slots limit the movement of the two end sections away from each other, and thereby prevent them becoming separated.

My new attachment is readily expanded or contracted to fit beds of difl erent lengths and different widths. When it is not desired to use the cross-bars, they may be moved along the slots to the ends of the side bars out of the way of the occupant of the bed, or they may be entirely removed without necessitating the removal of the side bars A. Upon each leg a is mounted a hook at, which engages the side bar of the bed, as indicated in Fig. 6, wherein the side bar of the bed is represented by dotted lines. Each hook is adjustably fastened to its leg a by a clamp (v so that the hook may be adjusted according to the position and width of the side bar of the bed. These hooks a serve to prevent upward displacement of the attachment, and thereby aid in holding it in place.

What I claim is 1. An attachment for bedsteads comprising a pair of side bars; means for detachably fastening the side bars to a bedstead, and an extensible cross-bar mounted on the side bars and ada gited to be used by the occupant of the bedstea 2. An attachment for bedsteads comprising a pair of side bars; means for detachably fastening the side bars to a bedstead, and an extensible cross bar secured to the side bars an extensible cross-bar, and a back-rest on said cross-bar.

5. An attachment for bedsteads comprising a pair of side bars; means for detachably fastening the side bars to a bedstead; an extensible cross-bar mounted upon said side bars; means for adjusting said cross-bar longitudinally of the side bars; and a back-rest on said crossbar.

6. An attachment for bedsteads, comprising a pair of extensible side bars; means on said side bars for engaging the ends of a bedstead; an extensible cross-bar; means for fastening the ends of the crossbar to the side bars with provision for adjustment of said cross bar longitudinally of the side bars, and a backrest on said cross-bar.

7 An attachment for bedsteads, comprising a pair of side bars; means on the said side bars for engaging the ends of a bedstead; a crossbar fixed at its ends to the side bar; an adjustable section on the said cross bar, and

means for supporting said section in an inclined position.

8. An attachment for bedsteads comprising a pair of side bars; means for detachably fastening the sidebars to a bedstead; one or more cross-bars carried by the side bars and adapted to be used by the occupant of the bedstead, and legs on the side bars for engaging the side rails of a bedstead to support the side bars above the side rails.

9. An attachment for bedsteads comprising a pair of side bars; means for detachably fastening the side bars to a bedstead; an extensible cross-bar mounted on the side bars and adapted to be used by the occupant of the bedstead, and legs on the side bars for engaging the side rails of the bedstead to support the side bars above the side rails.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 6th day of March, 1903.

ASA WILCHER.

Witnesses:

ROBERT CUSHMAN, ARTHUR F. RANDALL. 

